I want to make a embossing wheel with a image of a STL animal engraved into the cylinder and stretching all around the cylinder (as a cameo sort of look)
This would be for embossing items like paper by rolling the wheel over the paper under pressure
How do I do it
That is a really tricky one, but I think it is possible!
First, you have to have your object in the project, defined so that you can use the "Add a Copy of Object" function. You will also need variables for the height of your animal object and the depth that it is to go into the cylinder.
You have to 'roll' the animal around a cylinder by copying it as an eraser to a location where it is indenting the cylinder, then creating it as a group with the cylinder. So, from the first position, you have to change the polar coordinates of the animal (relative to the center of the cylinder) AND keeping the rotation of the animal equal to its angle around the cylinder AND shift it "downward" relative to those coordinates (so that you are not just 'smearing' the cylinder with the same part of the animal.
Like I said, it is very tricky, but now you have me wanting to try it! Maybe when CodeBlocks can be shared I'll post the program for it. Such a cool idea!
Many thanks, But i have cme to the conclusion that its beyond my experience at present so something for the future